Creating a Protective Covering Reference

The protective covering wraps the conductor and the insulating coating offers mechanical protection. Protection covering can be a sleeve, a corrugated tube, a tape, etc.

You can define flexible protective coverings for electrical branch geometries.

Note: Protective coverings do not have a 3D representation and no geometry is generated.

  1. Create a standalone product.
  2. From the Branch section of the action bar, click Protective Covering .
    The Protective Covering Definition dialog box appears.

    Parameters are displayed depending on the selected covering type.

  3. In the Name box, enter a name.
  4. In the Type list, select the protective covering type of your choice.
    There are four different types of protective covering:
    • Fixed diameter: the diameter cannot be modified.
    • Adaptive diameter: the diameter is automatically set to the largest diameter segment covered.
    • Corrugated tube: a fixed diameter, tube type covering.
    • Tape: an adaptive diameter type covering that wraps around segments in overlapping layers.
  5. Set the physical properties in the Parameter Definition area.
    The properties are displayed depending on the selected covering type.

    Note: To set the stiffness of the protective covering to be taken into account when computing segments using the FLEX algorithm, use the Flexibility slider. The lower the value, the stiffer the protective covering. For more information about the FLEX algorithm, see Using the FLEX Algorithm.

  6. In the Preferred length box, enter the length of the protective covering.
    The Preferred length value will be used as the default length when placing coverings.
  7. Do either of the following to define how protective coverings will be represented on drawings:
    • To set your own drawing line type, select a value in the Line type list.
    • To represent the covering in double line (projection) mode, select the No line type check box.
  8. Click OK.
  9. Store your protective covering in a dedicated catalog or directly in the database.
    • You can define a color for your protective covering. This color will be kept when you place protective coverings over electrical branch geometry segments. To define a color, edit covering properties.
    • No customization (user geometry, knowledge parameters, etc.) is supported. Any customization will be lost when placing coverings.